Ceiling-rose and the like for use in electric circuits.



I'. G. BAZELL. CEILING ECsE AND THE LIKE ECR USE IN ELECTRIC CIRCUITS.

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APPLICATION FILED DEO. 18, 1909.

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FREDERICK GEORGE BAZELL, OF COVEN'IRY, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR T0 ARTHUR CROWTHER LOXLEY, OF LEEDS, ENGLAND.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oct. 31. ism.

Application filed December 1S, 1909. Serial No. 533,809.

To ntl whom 'ii may concern:

lle 1t known that l. Fiucmcmcii (leonor,

Bueu.. a ls'ubliert ot Great Britain, residing t at Xo. 21% lllyr,` road. (`o\entry. in the county 1 ott 'arwiel, linrq'land. have invented new 5 and nse'tul Improvements in Ceiling-Rosesf tion ot' ceiling ro e ol the type in which the l main wires may be tapped without cutting;l them. This is particularty une'tui and can be adapted tor employment in conjunction with a aystem ol wiring carried on insulators. cleats. or the like. but is also nnzful when tilting' up temporary lighta. 'limi invention is. how'erer. applicable to other systene than lighting rlystems where it iS del\ired to tap main wires. either temporaritv or permanentlr.

'The ceiling' ro. e comprises which pass. terminals which adapted to rereire by means of binding.l .'re\.'.\ or the like the main wire;\y and on the other the branrh wires. ln tiltingv the rose the main wire.`l are bared ot in ulation t'or a `hort distance and slipped over or through the terminals which are then screwed down. a base plate coveringr the wires and a cover plate beiney employed as usual.

In the accompan \'in drawings. Figure l. is a eenti'al vertical Section of a preferredl'ortn of ceiling' rose constructed aecordil'tgr to thi l inrentiou. Fig'. 2. is a plan ot the body. and l `i 1 il. is an inverted plan ofthe yllllp.

l.il e lettera` indirate like parthI throughout` the dra\\'inj r\.

'l`he bodjtY is ot porcelain and the terminale.- l. l' project through the body as shown at l. haring` binding' screws or the eoniralent on -hoth sides. 'lhe terminals l ou' the top are l'or the main wires (l which when bared ot' insulation ae. at (l: may be rlipped by the terminals l. l`hu the wiref a hody through are merely bared ot" insulati n'and slippen the branch wire l). on one Iwle are i into the slots and held. At theopposite side,

of the body A the terminals B2 are formedr to receive the. branch wires D as uSual, Suitable cord grips (l heine; provided. Preferably these are diametrioally opposite one another. connected by a circular web H with holes for the passage of the branch wires. The body .X is screwed to receive the usual cover plate F which may also be of percelain. and to it is attached the hase E which is `groorcd as at' It? for the passage of the main wires (l. a Single screw .l pasaing through the body and base, connecting the two and tixing the whole to the yceiling or root. no wood base being' thus ret'piired. i

lt will be Seen that the tcrniinaln in the `construction illustrated talte the torni of a -tem portion l. which may be a Iaerew engaging a clip portion li which clipsI the wires. as is clearly shown. and a suitable terminal plate at the end lf. This terminal plate eat-rieA a hindingsgcrewf HB* which holdsv Ubrioilosly any other torni .of terminal may be employed. For inntanee the serewal l" may pass through the body as yehown and earr)v a imple nut or terminal at eaeh end. The clip B illustrated forms a convenient Yterminal for use with an endless wire as it can easily be clipped on t0 the wire.

l' claim:

ln a ceiling rose.. the combination of a hase. a body, a eover. Said body having a central web prorided with a pair of oppositely disposed openingl and ay pair of oppositely disposed laterally projecting' flanges arranged adjacent and at, an angle to th` axes ot said openings. each of said flanges also having an opening. means Seated in the web and extending through the body and the base to- Secure the' Same to; ;ether` and terminal connections on opposite sides of said body.

FREDERICK (IKlRtirE BZELL. 

